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  • 5:44 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:47
  • 5:37 AM

    Get Up, Shepherds

    Traditional

    UNKNOWN

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:04
  • 5:18 AM

    Clarinet Quartet in E-flat

    Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Vlach Quartet Prague

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    18:17
  • 5:13 AM

    Lullay my Jesus

    Peter Warlock

    Sancta Lucia: Licht In Dunkler Zeit (Light In A Dark Time)

    European Vocal Soloists

    Steffen Schreyer, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:10 AM

    Dance of the Rose

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    1:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Country Dance

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Piano Concerto

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:46 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in e minor

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    11:45
  • 4:40 AM

    What is this Lovely Fragrance?; Noel Nouvelet

    Traditional

    Nativite

    Musica Intima

    5:46
  • 4:36 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional

    Musica Intima

    3:43
  • 4:34 AM

    Come, my children

    Traditional

    Nativite

    Musica Intima

    1:37
  • 4:32 AM

    Hodie Christus natus est

    Healey Willan

    Musica Intima

    1:53
  • 4:30 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Musica Intima

    3:22
  • 4:29 AM

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming)

    Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    2:01
  • 4:29 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    9:35
  • 4:03 AM

    Flute Concerto in G

    CPE Bach

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jonos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    22:00
  • 3:52 AM

    Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Sergio Assad, guitar

    Odair Assad, guitar

    :58
  • 2:08 AM

    L'Enfance du Christ

    Hector Berlioz

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    Claire Ormshaw, soprano

    Thomas Cooley, tenor

    David Wilson-Johnson, baritone

    Sergei Leiferkus, baritone

    98:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Trio from L'Enfance du Christ

    Hector Berlioz

    Trio Sonata

    5:49
  • 12:36 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    James Sommerville, horn

    James Campbell, clarinet

    James Mason, oboe

    James McKay, bassoon

    5:47
  • 12:27 AM

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Harry Simeone

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    8:14
  • 12:24 AM

    English Consort

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:05
  • 12:12 AM

    Away in a Manger

    Traditional

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    3:35
  • 12:04 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Ballet: The Four Seasons: Winter

    Giuseppe Verdi

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:51 PM

    Carol of the Bells; I Wonder as I Wander; Joy to the World

    Christmas Music

    Orchestra at Temple Square

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    9:27
  • 11:33 PM

    Sonata for Flute Viola and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    16:47
  • 11:30 PM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Chanticleer

    3:33
  • 11:24 PM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    Grand Christmas

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:11
  • 11:21 PM

    The Noble Joseph

    Traditional

    Men's Chamber Choir of Sophia

    2:39
  • 11:17 PM

    Four German Carols

    Traditional

    An Old World Christmas

    Berlin Philharmonic Brass

    4:30
  • 11:09 PM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Giuseppi Torelli

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis

    7:00
  • 11:00 PM

    Love for 3 Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    1:36
  • 10:34 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    13:56
  • 10:31 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    1:47
  • 10:18 PM

    Little Music: Finale

    Michael Tippett

    Guildhall String Ensemble

    Robert Salter, conductor

    1:56
  • 10:06 PM

    Sussex Carol; Sans Day Carol; Here We Come A-Wassailing

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    8:51
  • 10:01 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:36
  • 9:52 PM

    Passacaglia (Guardian Angel)

    Franz von Biber

    Leah Gale Nelson

    7:54
  • 9:45 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 9:39 PM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 9:32 PM

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Traditional

    RCA Victor Singers

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    William Whitehead, organ

    3:16
  • 9:16 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:47
  • 9:08 PM

    He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    7:42
  • 9:07 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional

    Butch Thompson, piano

    2:12
  • 9:01 PM

    A Child is Born Upon This Day

    Traditional

    St Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Gunnar Idenstam, organ

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    Sofia Karlsson, vocals

    7:12
  • 6:49 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    10:41
  • 6:44 PM

    The Shepherds at the Manger

    Franz Liszt

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:35
  • 6:42 PM

    Past three o'clock

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:50
  • 6:39 PM

    Hodie Christus est natus

    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:45
  • 6:36 PM

    Jolly Shepherd

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Rachel Beckett, recorder

    1:32
  • 6:19 PM

    Symphony No. 59

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:25
  • 6:14 PM

    Wassail Song & March of the Kings

    Traditional

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:44
  • 6:11 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:19
  • 6:07 PM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    3:44
  • 6:05 PM

    Dona Nobis Pacem

    Traditional

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:00
  • 6:01 PM

    In God is pure happiness

    Traditional

    Anne-Lise Berntsen, soprano

    Nils Henrik Asheim, organ

    3:51
  • 5:47 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody

    Edouard Lalo

    ORTF National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    11:45
  • 5:43 PM

    Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:33 PM

    Nowell! Nowell! & Pat-a-Drummer

    Traditional, arr. Cantus

    Cantus

    7:00
  • 5:20 PM

    "Frog" Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Koln

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:15 PM

    Two Preludes, Op. 32

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    1:53
  • 5:12 PM

    Good Christian Men, Rejoice

    Traditional

    Empire Brass

    3:11
  • 5:08 PM

    El Noi de la Mare

    Traditional

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:40
  • 5:04 PM

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    4:05
  • 4:56 PM

    The Ship Carol; The First Noel; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Christmas Music

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    6:27
  • 4:46 PM

    Serenade on Country Dances

    Jeno Takacs

    Vienna Quintet

    11:29
  • 4:06 PM

    Christmas Oratorio

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Martin Flamig, conductor

    35:17
  • 4:01 PM

    Prelude & Fugue No. 1, WTC Book II

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:14
  • 3:57 PM

    Columba aspexit

    Hildegard of Bingen

    Gothic Voices

    4:00
  • 3:50 PM

    Symphony No. 34: 2nd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:37 PM

    Rondo on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Samuel Wesley

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:31
  • 3:23 PM

    El Rorro; The Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Johann Christian Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    15:32
  • 3:03 PM

    Come In! Come In!

    Abbie Burt Betinis

    MPR Carolers

    2:00
  • 2:58 PM

    What are the Signs

    Alfred Burt

    MPR Carolers

    2:00
  • 2:52 PM

    Carol of the Snow

    Abbie Burt Betinis

    MPR Carolers

    3:00
  • 2:49 PM

    Now LIghtly Falls the Christmas Snow

    Rev. Bates Burt

    MPR Carolers

    2:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:29 PM

    Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Claude Debussy

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:27
  • 2:20 PM

    Vienna Punch Songs Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:02
  • 2:16 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:02 PM

    Messiah: Pifa; There were Shepherds; Glory to God

    George Frideric Handel

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:56 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:55
  • 1:50 PM

    MPR Carolers

    2:00
  • 1:48 PM

    Bright, Bright, the Holly Berries

    Alfred Burt

    MPR Carolers

    1:33
  • 1:44 PM

    Wassail Tune

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    2:14
  • 1:38 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Bruno Canino, keyboard

    4:22
  • 1:30 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:13 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:33
  • 1:08 PM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    2:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Saul: Bell Symphony

    George Frederic Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:48 PM

    Run, Toboggan, Run

    Abbie Burt Betinis

    MPR Carolers

    1:44
  • 12:48 PM

    Happy Voices, Sweetly Singing

    Rev. Bates Burt

    MPR Carolers

    1:00
  • 12:40 PM

    Jingle Bells; O Come All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World

    Lowell Mason

    Canadian Brass

    4:37
  • 12:34 PM

    The Bells of Christmas

    Armas Maasalo

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:31 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fur Elise, Eroica, Variationen Op. 35

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    3:26
  • 12:25 PM

    The Fairies' God-Daughter: Prologue

    Adolphe Adam

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:21 PM

    Jehovah, Hallelujah

    Traditional

    Jacqueline Schwab, p

    3:00
  • 12:09 PM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    John Goss

    Noel!

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:01 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:54 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:07
  • 11:44 AM

    Munich Radio Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:57
  • 11:40 AM

    I Saw a Maiden

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:21 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern, violin

    18:00
  • 11:17 AM

    There comes a ship laden

    Max Reger

    RIAS Chamber Choir

    Uwe Gronostay, conductor

    1:59
  • 11:10 AM

    Carol Fantasia

    John Fox

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:18
  • 11:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Caprice and Fantasies: Romantic Harp Music of the 19th Century

    Susan Drake, harp

    4:54
  • 10:47 AM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Winds

    10:51
  • 10:17 AM

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Minuet

    Maurice Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:56 AM

    Cradle in Bethlehem

    Roger Quilter

    Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    2:24
  • 9:28 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    27:26
  • 9:25 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    2:01
  • 9:10 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    14:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Welcome, Christmas!

    Pauls Dambis

    Christmas Joy In Latvia: Latvian Christmas Cantatas

    New York Latvian Concert Choir

    Andres Jansons, conductor

    Monta Martinsone, soprano

    2:14
  • 9:01 AM

    24th Caprice

    Niccolo Paganini

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:42
  • 8:52 AM

    Now is born the divine Christ child; Here is joy for every age

    Traditional; Piae Cantiones

    Fairfax Choral Society

    Douglas Mears, conductor

    6:04
  • 8:46 AM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:04
  • 8:35 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    7:48
  • 8:30 AM

    Star Candles

    Michael Head

    Joyous Day!

    Utah Chamber Artists

    Barlow Bradford, conductor

    4:05
  • 8:09 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    20:54
  • 8:06 AM

    King Lear: Fanfare

    Claude Debussy

    Orchestra of French Radio & TV

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    1:41
  • 8:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:58 AM

    Messiah: There were shepherds

    George Frideric Handel

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano

    8:05
  • 7:51 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:54
  • 7:23 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel; The Shepherds

    Anonymous

    Frank Wallace, guitar

    4:18
  • 7:18 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraume)

    Franz Liszt

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Capriccio Diabolico

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Sofia Soloists

    Plamen Djurov, conductor

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

    11:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Capulets and Montagues: Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung Whun Chung, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:58 AM

    Ballad of Jesus Christ

    Traditional French

    In the Spirit - Sacred Music for Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Robertson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    2:17
  • 6:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos, Volume 1

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    31:47
  • 6:12 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Richard Delalande

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Song of Jean Racine

    Gabriel Faure

    Paris Orchestra Chorus

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:45
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